12 students ill after taking deworming tablets in C'garh

At least twelve primary students of two state-run schools in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district were taken ill after they were administered deworming Albendazole tablets distributed under 'State Level Deworming Drive' launched in the state today.
"Seven students at a government primary school in Bamnidih block and five students in another government school of Jaijaipur block complained of uneasiness and nausea after consuming anti-worm tablets", Janjgir-Champa Collector O P Chaudhary told PTI.
The students were admitted to Jaijaipur government hospital where their condition was reported to be normal.
Even some of them have been discharged, the collector said.
"Although the teachers of both the schools had taken some more students to the hospital as a precautionary measure but they were reported to be normal," he added.

According to the doctors, the children have psychological fear of medicines which may have resulted in uneasiness among them or it might also happen if the medicines were taken empty stomach, Chaudhary said.
The exact cause behind the incident will be known after an investigation, he added.
Under the National Deworming Day which was observed today, Chhattisgarh's Health and Family Welfare Department started 'State level worm free campaign' and distributed anti-creamy tablets in government schools.